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Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by cbozeman »

0daystock wrote: post #184
cbozeman wrote: post #179

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There is no contradiction here. Just because something is a lovely animal doesn't mean I won't put a round through it's heart and butcher it's corpse to sustain my life. Elk are beautiful animals, but I have no problem killing one and eating it. We are the greatest predator Nature has ever evolved and I can accept that. More's the pity others can't.

> Just because something is a lovely animal doesn't mean I won't put a round through it's heart and butcher it's corpse to sustain my life. Do you actually do this, or are you just virtue signaling? You never buy factory-farmed animal products from the store? > Elk are beautiful animals, but I have no problem killing one and eating it But it's not necessary for survival, so why would you? > We are the greatest predat…

> Do you actually do this, or are you just virtue signaling? You never buy factory-farmed animal products from the store?

I grew up in a town in Mississippi of about 2000 people. Everyone hunts. My grandfather's best friend was a butcher with his own shop. Everyone around us had cows because most of the people around us were farmers. I now live in Fort Worth, or as it's affectionately known to its residents - Cowtown. I don't have to buy meat from the grocer because there's ranchers all around me. I can - and do - get sides of beef regularly.

I go hunting in Alaska with friends about twice a year, depending on what's happening with work and our schedules. One elk has a tremendous amount of meat.

> But it's not necessary for survival, so why would you?

So you don't eat anything? How are you still alive? I'm pretty sure eating is necessary for survival.

> Interesting thought. I wonder how great of predator you are faced with a lion, or even that elk, but disarmed of technology.

This is kind of a stupid thought. In fact, I would hope your friends would tell you that you're beneath this level of incredibly poor reasoning. We are the greatest predator because of our mastery of technology.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by braingenious »

adfjalkfja wrote: post #189
braingenious wrote: post #147

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I have no idea what this sentence is trying to convey. Planning on using this to mint NFTs makes the purpose of this project financial gain, not some cutesy experiment. If anything, the whole “our stack is so minimal!” angle serves as a signal to crypto dorks that minting NFTs for profit is an accessible possibility with minimal necessary buy-in. This isn’t just a website with pictures of chickens. It is a for-profit…

I don't see any problem with people selling their work / art however they want. Looks like he's sold a few for $20~ each, that's a bit different to the dumb cartoon monkey fad. IMO being completely anti-crypto is a waste of energy

That’s cool. I personally think going out of one’s way to defend crypto cash grabs dressed up as art projects is also a waste of energy. That being said, people that think it’s a good idea to mint NFTs are rarely concerned with the actual, literal problem of wasting energy.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by adfjalkfja »

braingenious wrote: post #192
adfjalkfja wrote: post #189

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I don't see any problem with people selling their work / art however they want. Looks like he's sold a few for $20~ each, that's a bit different to the dumb cartoon monkey fad. IMO being completely anti-crypto is a waste of energy

That’s cool. I personally think going out of one’s way to defend crypto cash grabs dressed up as art projects is also a waste of energy. That being said, people that think it’s a good idea to mint NFTs are rarely concerned with the actual, literal problem of wasting energy.

Ah well. It's gonna be a good 6 months for the haters

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by braingenious »

adfjalkfja wrote: post #193
braingenious wrote: post #192

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That’s cool. I personally think going out of one’s way to defend crypto cash grabs dressed up as art projects is also a waste of energy. That being said, people that think it’s a good idea to mint NFTs are rarely concerned with the actual, literal problem of wasting energy.

Ah well. It's gonna be a good 6 months for the haters

It’s genuinely depressing that there are only two groups of people: HODLERS and haters. It won’t be a good six months or year or two years for people that bet their retirements, or houses, or savings on silly crypto shit. But sure! Let’s talk about people that chose not to participate in a scam, not those that did and had their lives ruined.

Was it haters that posted suicide hotline numbers in crypto reddits? or what

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by adfjalkfja »

braingenious wrote: post #194
adfjalkfja wrote: post #193

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Ah well. It's gonna be a good 6 months for the haters

It’s genuinely depressing that there are only two groups of people: HODLERS and haters. It won’t be a good six months or year or two years for people that bet their retirements, or houses, or savings on silly crypto shit. But sure! Let’s talk about people that chose not to participate in a scam, not those that did and had their lives ruined. Was it haters that posted suicide hotline numbers in crypto reddits? or what

You're right that it is depressing how divided people are lately. Being more objective and less of a hater might help fix that.

It won't be a good 6 months for people that bet their retirements, or houses, or savings on the stock market either. Maybe they shouldn't have done that. They are both zero sum games. Both have scams. What's the difference?

I may be pro crypto with a long position, but I still told all those around me to be weary when they were all wanting to buy the peak. None of them were interested at all when BTC was at $4k. Human nature.

Just like it's human nature for the haters to jump out of the woodwork with "I told you so" every time the market wanes, which was my point. They loved it the last go round

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by r00tanon »

BarryMilo wrote: post #160
r00tanon wrote: post #148

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Well, presumably, if it is your computer, running your program, using your equipment, you've got the copyright until your computer gains consciousness and a lawyer capable of filing a lawsuit.

Not even, no. There was a famous case recently about this: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-copyright-offic... . The problem isn't really about using it yourself, it's that people don't need to ask your permission to use it, therefore you can't (easily) profit from it. Possibly quite annoying if you're in the AI business.

I admit I was being somewhat facesciuos. But clearly If you took credit for the work your computer did running your program, you would probably not get an argument from your computer until the conditions I mentioned were met

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by braingenious »

adfjalkfja wrote: post #195
braingenious wrote: post #194

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It’s genuinely depressing that there are only two groups of people: HODLERS and haters. It won’t be a good six months or year or two years for people that bet their retirements, or houses, or savings on silly crypto shit. But sure! Let’s talk about people that chose not to participate in a scam, not those that did and had their lives ruined. Was it haters that posted suicide hotline numbers in crypto reddits? or what

You're right that it is depressing how divided people are lately. Being more objective and less of a hater might help fix that. It won't be a good 6 months for people that bet their retirements, or houses, or savings on the stock market either. Maybe they shouldn't have done that. They are both zero sum games. Both have scams. What's the difference? I may be pro crypto with a long position, but I still told all those…

Yeah I think the people that will become homeless because of this (if you ask people somewhat like yourself that admittedly have made money on crypto) “abstract macroeconomic phenomenon” of a “dip” or whatever would agree that they maybe should not have bet their houses on this gambling game.

Thank you for your insight that since you personally expect to make money, it’s all good despite the massive losses of regular people.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by joshspankit »

popcube wrote: post #165
joshspankit wrote: post #130

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-randomly You don’t own the copyright for any picture generated by a computer, whether random or intentional

but artists use computer for their artwork in a long time?

When it’s used like a tool, it’s considered the same as a chisel or a paint brush: the tool does not create the art, the artist makes the art by using the tool.

It’s when then computer creates the art itself that it becomes the artist

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by adfjalkfja »

braingenious wrote: post #198
adfjalkfja wrote: post #195

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You're right that it is depressing how divided people are lately. Being more objective and less of a hater might help fix that. It won't be a good 6 months for people that bet their retirements, or houses, or savings on the stock market either. Maybe they shouldn't have done that. They are both zero sum games. Both have scams. What's the difference? I may be pro crypto with a long position, but I still told all those…

Yeah I think the people that will become homeless because of this (if you ask people somewhat like yourself that admittedly have made money on crypto) “abstract macroeconomic phenomenon” of a “dip” or whatever would agree that they maybe should not have bet their houses on this gambling game. Thank you for your insight that since you personally expect to make money, it’s all good despite the massive losses of regular…

They shouldn't have, glad we finally agree on something
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